[3] Within Nawton are Playworx Kindy,[4] an Anglican church,[5] the Yardhouse bar,[6] and the Sugar Bowl café[7] [8] Nawton covers 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 8,700 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 3,610 people per km2.

[16] The school was established in 1920 and called Hamilton Manual Training Centre.

It moved to what is now the site of Waikato Institute of Technology and became Hamilton Technical College in 1924, then moved to its current site in 1970 and was renamed to Fraser High School after a previous principal.

[19] In April 2016, Nawton was found to be the Hamilton's worst suburb for dog attacks.

[20] In December of that year, Hamilton mayor Andrew King opened a million dollar playground at Dominion Park as part of the city council's Playgrounds of the Future plan.

The petition was co-organized by Labour MP Sue Moroney, Western Community Centre manager Neil Tolan and city councillor James Casson at that year's Waitangi Day celebrations.